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Submitted: 1/3/20 • Approved: 1/7/20 • Last Updated: 1/10/20 • R1287905-G1287903-S3
Clarence
October 31, 1923 - June 4, 2017
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
PINEVILLE, Mo. - Clarence Baker, 93, longtime area resident, died Sunday June 4, 2017 at home in Pineville, Mo. He was born Oct. 31, 1923, in Springdale.
Clarence served in the Army during WWII and was honored with a Purple Heart. He was a member of Harbor of Praise in Bella Vista.
He was preceded in death by two wives, Verla (Bowlin) Baker and Annis (Sizemore) Baker; a son, Danny Baker, and the parents who raised him, Fannie and Lee Whittle.
He is survived by 11 children, Judy Foulk and husband Darrell, Gordon Baker and wife Susie, Veda Lahr and husband Joe, Johnny Baker and wife Darlene, Doris George and husband Ricky, Brenda Freeman and husband Lawrence, Terry Baker and wife Arlena, Gary Baker, Larry Meeks, Tina Duncan and husband David, Jeannie Fiori and husband Mark; 25 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, June 9, at Mercy and Grace Cathedral. Interment with military honors will be at Burkshed Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Heritage Funeral Home.
Online guestbook at www.heritageofnwa.com.
Verla
December 20, 1928 - December 10, 1991
Daugter of Monzell Bowlin & Susan Rosetta Davis
Married December 24, 1949
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